when these incorrigible talkers are compelled to be quiet, is it not evident that they are not silent because they are listening to what is said, but because they are thinking of what they themselves shall say when they can seize the first lucky interval, for which they are so narrowly watching?

He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only.

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree.

Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no more right.

Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing.

Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration.